Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday. So the day after her birthday, Mrs. Smith went shopping in the town. She waited for the bus, got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she noticed that the lady’s handbag was open. Inside it, she saw a wad of pound notesexactly like hers. She quickly looked into her own bag, but found the notes were not there. Mrs. Smith was sure that the old lady next to her had taken them. But she did not want to tell the police, because she did not like to get people into trouble. So she decided to take back the money from the old lady’s handbag and say nothing more about it. She looked round the bus to make sure that nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady’s bag, took the notes out and put them in her own bag. When she got home that evening, she told her husband that she had bought a beautiful hat. “How did you pay for it? he asked “With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course! “Oh? What’s that, then? he asked and pointed to a pad of pound notes on the table. Tell whether the following statements are true or false. (T for true and F for false)1.It was quite far from Mrs. Smith’s home to the town. 查看更多

 

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  Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday-ten pretty(漂亮的) pound notes (纸币). So the day after her birthday, Mrs. Smith went shopping. She got on a bus and sat down next to an old lady (女士). After a while, she noticed that the old lady's handbag(手提包) was open. Inside it she saw some pieces of pound notes like the ones her husband had given her. She quickly looked into her own bag-the notes were gone. She decided to take back the money from the old lady's handbag. She looked round the bus to make sure nobody was watching her, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's bag, took the notes and put them in her own bag. No trouble at all!

  When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.

  “How did you pay for it?” he asked.

  “With the money you gave for my birthday, of course.” She replied.

  “Oh, what's that, then?” he asked, as he pointed to some pieces of pound notes on the table.

1.Mrs. Smith went shopping ________ .

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A.after a while
B.on her birthday
C.after her birthday
D.ten days later

2.On the bus, Mrs. Smith suddenly found her notes were gone. She thought ________ .

[  ]

A.the old woman sitting behind her had stolen them

B.she had left them at home

C.she had lost them somewhere

D.they were stolen by the old woman sitting by her

3.Mrs. Smith took the notes from the old lady's handbag because ________ .

[  ]

A.she thought the notes were hers

B.she needed more money to go shopping

C.it was very easy to do so

D.no one was watching her at that time

4.In fact the notes Mrs. Smith got from her husband were ________ .

[  ]

A.stolen by someone else
B.stolen by the lady
C.paid for the hat
D.left at home by herself

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